Donald G. Shomette is a marine archeologist and cultural resource manager in Dunkirk, Maryland. He is the author of many books, including Maritime Alexandria: The Rise and Fall of an American Entrepot; Lost Towns of Tidewater Maryland; Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay and Other Tales of the Lost Chesapeake; and Pirates on the Chesapeake: Being a True History of Pirates, Picaroons, and Raiders on Chesapeake Bay, 1610-1807.

Each relatively brief chapter is an intelligent, stand-alone story making it a good traveling companion... Shomette does an admirable job of stripping away layers of myth grown up around some events. -- Susan B. M. Langley Nautical Research Journal 2008 Solidly researched and vividly told, this book is a wonderful read. -- Michael F. Dove Northern Mariner 2008 [Shomette] serves up yet another inspired volume... a well-produced, painstakingly researched, and wonderfully written work of enormous value. Choice 2008 Shipwrecks, Sea Raiders, and Maritime Disasters is well written and interesting... provides invaluable research information. -- Cindy Vallar Pirates and Privateers 2009 This book is an extremely valuable contribution that further raises the author's status as a premier historian of the maritime traditions of the Chesapeake region. -- Brian J. Cudahy Steamboat Bill 2009 Shipwrecks, Sea Raiders, and Maritime Disasters is an impressive, well-researched volume that will be of value both to those interested in the maritime history of the east coast of the US and those who simply find tales of disaster at sea fascinating. -- Gregory D. Cook International Journal of Maritime History 2008 For those interested in details of shipwrecks along the Eastern seaboard, this is an indispensable book. -- Rick Sauer Blue and Gray Magazine 2008 Well written and filled with details and facts that bring the story of the campaign to life. -- James Greathouse Nautical Research Journal 2010

• PrefaceIntroduction: From CapeHenlopen to Cape Charles1. Indians with English Jackets2. A GoodMany Chests of Money3. The Roebuck's Horns4. A Column of Liquid Fire5. Le Serpent6. The Infamous Tar7. Now That Is What I Call Comba8. Plunder till They Could Plunder No More9. So Much for Attending Congress10. The Captain Was in a Hilarious Mood11. The Unfortunate Spaniards Waved Their Handkerchiefs12. Rothschilds among the Toilers of the Sea13. Assailed by Overwhelming Odds14. Unprecedented Disregard15. Suits of Ice16. Chips of Wood on the Angry Waves17. Poor Pussy18. Five-Poler19. The Rules of Engagement20. Billy and the Battleship21. Chopping the Bank Right Off22. Unterseeboot23. Like a Knife Gutting a Fish24. A Long Shudder25. The Trouble with Treasure26. Treasure ReduxAppendixChronological Index to Vessel Losses on the Delmarva CoastNotesSelected BibliographyIndex

Donald G. Shomette is a marine archeologist and cultural resource manager in Dunkirk, Maryland. He is the author of many books, including Maritime Alexandria: The Rise and Fall of an American Entrepot; Lost Towns of Tidewater Maryland; Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay and Other Tales of the Lost Chesapeake; and Pirates on the Chesapeake: Being a True History of Pirates, Picaroons, and Raiders on Chesapeake Bay, 1610-1807.

Each relatively brief chapter is an intelligent, stand-alone story making it a good traveling companion... Shomette does an admirable job of stripping away layers of myth grown up around some events. -- Susan B. M. Langley Nautical Research Journal 2008 Solidly researched and vividly told, this book is a wonderful read. -- Michael F. Dove Northern Mariner 2008 [Shomette] serves up yet another inspired volume... a well-produced, painstakingly researched, and wonderfully written work of enormous value. Choice 2008 Shipwrecks, Sea Raiders, and Maritime Disasters is well written and interesting... provides invaluable research information. -- Cindy Vallar Pirates and Privateers 2009 This book is an extremely valuable contribution that further raises the author's status as a premier historian of the maritime traditions of the Chesapeake region. -- Brian J. Cudahy Steamboat Bill 2009 Shipwrecks, Sea Raiders, and Maritime Disasters is an impressive, well-researched volume that will be of value both to those interested in the maritime history of the east coast of the US and those who simply find tales of disaster at sea fascinating. -- Gregory D. Cook International Journal of Maritime History 2008 For those interested in details of shipwrecks along the Eastern seaboard, this is an indispensable book. -- Rick Sauer Blue and Gray Magazine 2008 Well written and filled with details and facts that bring the story of the campaign to life. -- James Greathouse Nautical Research Journal 2010

• PrefaceIntroduction: From CapeHenlopen to Cape Charles1. Indians with English Jackets2. A GoodMany Chests of Money3. The Roebuck's Horns4. A Column of Liquid Fire5. Le Serpent6. The Infamous Tar7. Now That Is What I Call Comba8. Plunder till They Could Plunder No More9. So Much for Attending Congress10. The Captain Was in a Hilarious Mood11. The Unfortunate Spaniards Waved Their Handkerchiefs12. Rothschilds among the Toilers of the Sea13. Assailed by Overwhelming Odds14. Unprecedented Disregard15. Suits of Ice16. Chips of Wood on the Angry Waves17. Poor Pussy18. Five-Poler19. The Rules of Engagement20. Billy and the Battleship21. Chopping the Bank Right Off22. Unterseeboot23. Like a Knife Gutting a Fish24. A Long Shudder25. The Trouble with Treasure26. Treasure ReduxAppendixChronological Index to Vessel Losses on the Delmarva CoastNotesSelected BibliographyIndex

Donald G. Shomette is a marine archeologist and cultural resource manager in Dunkirk, Maryland. He is the author of many books, including Maritime Alexandria: The Rise and Fall of an American Entrepot; Lost Towns of Tidewater Maryland; Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay and Other Tales of the Lost Chesapeake; and Pirates on the Chesapeake: Being a True History of Pirates, Picaroons, and Raiders on Chesapeake Bay, 1610-1807.

Each relatively brief chapter is an intelligent, stand-alone story making it a good traveling companion... Shomette does an admirable job of stripping away layers of myth grown up around some events. -- Susan B. M. Langley Nautical Research Journal 2008 Solidly researched and vividly told, this book is a wonderful read. -- Michael F. Dove Northern Mariner 2008 [Shomette] serves up yet another inspired volume... a well-produced, painstakingly researched, and wonderfully written work of enormous value. Choice 2008 Shipwrecks, Sea Raiders, and Maritime Disasters is well written and interesting... provides invaluable research information. -- Cindy Vallar Pirates and Privateers 2009 This book is an extremely valuable contribution that further raises the author's status as a premier historian of the maritime traditions of the Chesapeake region. -- Brian J. Cudahy Steamboat Bill 2009 Shipwrecks, Sea Raiders, and Maritime Disasters is an impressive, well-researched volume that will be of value both to those interested in the maritime history of the east coast of the US and those who simply find tales of disaster at sea fascinating. -- Gregory D. Cook International Journal of Maritime History 2008 For those interested in details of shipwrecks along the Eastern seaboard, this is an indispensable book. -- Rick Sauer Blue and Gray Magazine 2008 Well written and filled with details and facts that bring the story of the campaign to life. -- James Greathouse Nautical Research Journal 2010

• PrefaceIntroduction: From CapeHenlopen to Cape Charles1. Indians with English Jackets2. A GoodMany Chests of Money3. The Roebuck's Horns4. A Column of Liquid Fire5. Le Serpent6. The Infamous Tar7. Now That Is What I Call Comba8. Plunder till They Could Plunder No More9. So Much for Attending Congress10. The Captain Was in a Hilarious Mood11. The Unfortunate Spaniards Waved Their Handkerchiefs12. Rothschilds among the Toilers of the Sea13. Assailed by Overwhelming Odds14. Unprecedented Disregard15. Suits of Ice16. Chips of Wood on the Angry Waves17. Poor Pussy18. Five-Poler19. The Rules of Engagement20. Billy and the Battleship21. Chopping the Bank Right Off22. Unterseeboot23. Like a Knife Gutting a Fish24. A Long Shudder25. The Trouble with Treasure26. Treasure ReduxAppendixChronological Index to Vessel Losses on the Delmarva CoastNotesSelected BibliographyIndex